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The ''Commander Tom Show'' was a children's television series that aired weekday afternoons on Channel 7 WKBW-TV in Buffalo, New York, premiering on December 20, 1965. The host of the show was Tom Jolls, who had joined WKBW as a weatherman earlier in 1965. When the show launched, it consisted of interstitial segments with Jolls shown around episodes of the ''Adventures of Superman'', a TV series that ran from 1952 till 1958. Dustmop the puppet (a dog) was introduced in 1967. An alligator puppet, Matty the Mod followed, along with the first female puppet Cecily Fripp, modeled after the American comedian Phyllis Diller.〔 In the early 1970s, Superman (whose rights had moved to the networks) would be replaced with other family and children's programming including re-runs of ''The Three Stooges'', ''The Flintstones'', ''Batman'', ''Little Rascals'', ''The Munsters'', and ''The Addams Family''. Many short animated cartoons also were shown: Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' and ''Looney Tunes'' were staples for many years, including some of the earliest ''Porky Pig'' and ''Bugs Bunny'' shorts from the 1930s. Hanna-Barbera cartoons such as ''Touché Turtle'' and ''Peter Potamus'' replaced Bugs and his friends after a time. A number of MGM cartoons from the 1930s were shown as well. Near the end of its run, the show was renamed ''Commander Tom's World'' and relegated to weekends. In later years, it played such shows as ''Davey and Goliath'', ''Rainbow Brite'', and ''The Getalong Gang''. After the show was cancelled in 1991, the "Commander Tom" character was merged into another show, a revival of ''Rocketship 7'' in 1992. That, too, came to an end in 1993, and the character of "Commander Tom" had gone for good.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Commander Tom Show )〕 Tom would often travel from school to school to speak to young children. He was an annual event in the Holland Central School district's "Let's Give America a Chance" career day. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Commander Tom Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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